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The championship: first division

April 26 2006, 1:00am, The Times

DURHAM: Mick Lewis, the Australia seam bowler, has been ruled out of the championship match at home to Lancashire. He has yet to recover from a hamstring strain that he suffered during the warm-up before the victory over Kent last week. “We were really happy with last week’s performance,” Dale Benkenstein, the captain, said.

HAMPSHIRE: Rod Bransgrove, the chairman, will no longer deal directly with the ECB after the county’s failure to secure Test status. Responsibility will pass to Glenn Delve, the managing director. Chris Tremlett, who has been chosen for England A when they meet the Sri Lankans, has recovered from a knee injury to play against Sussex.

KENT: Carl Openshaw, the chairman, has written to the ECB suggesting that counties without Test grounds…